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    Toolbox TALES

    Jun 20, 2018 3 minutes
    From John Eva

    AFTER 20 years of rodding and daily driving, Grazee Collins took his beloved ’63 Fairlane Compact off the road for a spruce-up back in 2010. On the to-do list was body work, new paint, new wheels, engine rebuild topped with one of Shadwick’s injector stacks, which Grazee had always wanted after seeing Rod Shuter’s ’59 Ford ‘Street Kleaner’ in an early Autorama Show. Grazee and wife Heather have plenty of great memories in the ’63, taking kids, Crystal and Jeremy to local events.

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